Tender for traction-engines



PATENTBD JAN. 19, 1904.

P. H. SAMPSON. TENDER FOR TRACTION ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1903. 1W0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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' TENDER FJSOR TRACTION-ENGINES.

'SPEGIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent Nb. 750,065 dated. January 19, 1904.;

' Applicationfiled November 17, 1903.1 $eria1'No.l81,491.' (NomodelJ To all w hom it may coficernr. Be it known that I, HtSAMrsoma citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City',-:i-n' the countyof'Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tenders for Farm-Engines, of'

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to' tenders for farm' operative steam engines, such as threshingengines, plowing or breakingengines, &c."

The ob ect of my invention is to provlde a means wherebythe wheels under the tender" boiler and engine carriage,- disclosing the making shortturns.

means provided to make the Wheels of the tender carriage follow the tracks of the rear wheels of the engine an'dyboiler carriage in F1g.'-3 1s aplan view ofthe tender with the 1 coal-receptacle removed. Fig. 4is a vertical sectional View of thetender taken on line AA of Fig. 1., disclosing the means employed for causing the wheels of the tender to track after the hind wheels of the engine. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan'view of the tender. i Fig. 6 is an edge view of one of the two bars, with'a rightangle extension 1 water-receptacle.

terreceptacle 4 in such a mannertlfat the ribs H andthe fuelreceptacle' formfthe top of /the The'wat'er' and fuel rece p' tacles are secured to the wheels by means of bracketsg. Said bracket'sftare secured to the side'sof the water r'eceptacle in any suit 'able' manner, the lower portions thereof form:

ing a recess 5 between the bracket "and a button 6, to which the bracketI'is secured. 1n 7 order to firmlyfsecure the brack'eflto the water-receptacle, I have provided stirrups 7. Said'stirrups engage the'recess 5, with their free ends'extending upward passing 5 through the longitudinally-extending ribs 3, and"aremade secure by means of nuts 8. Said stirrups are clearly seen at' Fig; '5, The brackets 4 are provided with extended arms or ears 9'. Through said ears are bolt-holes, as shown, and are'adapted torest upon'vertioal hubs 10. Said hubs are provided with vertical bores 11, correspondingly engaging with the bores in the ears. Passing through said bolt-holes and the bores in the hubs are bolts 12. Said vertical hubs are provided with extended spindles 13, pass-- ing' through thehub in the wheels and secured 1 therein bythe usual spindle-nuts." Extending, 5

inwardly from said vertical hubs and integral thereto are arms "14. Pivotallyfsecured-to the inner endof said arms are rack beams or links 15, their opp'o'site'ends being secured to a hori Zontal walking-beam 16, Said walking-beam is pivotall'ysecured toa central brace or support 17 as shown, said central support 6X-- tending forward and intersecting braces 17 18.

The opposite ends of said brace from said i'n tersections are secured to the verticalhubs by I means of hub-bolts 11 passing through them,"

as indicated at Fig. 4:. Extending from the vertical hubs rearward to'the intersection of walking-beam l6 andthe central support 17 a are braces 19 and 20. These four braces form I a rectangular configuration 'and are adapted to support" the framework upon which the tender is supported. The'frame'work consists of a cross bar2land two'longitudinalbars 22.

cured beneath the cross-bar 23 and also at the rear ends of the longitudinal bars 22. The object of said yoke will be described farther on.

Pivotally secured to the inner extended arms 14: are a pair of forwardly-extending rods 25. The front ends of said extended rods are pivotally secured to the axle 26 of the front wheels of the engine-carriage by means of clips 27 and 28, which are secured to said axle.

Secured to braces 17 and 18 are extensions 29 and 30. These extensions are provided with loops 31 and 32. Horizontally through said loop is a shaft 33. Secured to said shaft by means of elongated openings are extended brackets 34 and 35. Said brackets are clearly illustrated at Fig. 6. The object of these brackets is to secure the tender to the platform, (designated 36 in section at Fig. 1,) and the object of the elongated opening in said brackets is to admit of adjustment between the tender and the platform 36. Said brackets are rigidly secured to the platform by means of bolts, as shown. 7

The object of the yoke 24:, already referred to, is to support the rear end of a draw-bar 37, the front end of which is jointed at 38. From 38 is an extension-rod 39, which loosely passes through a depending loop 40. The frontend of said extension is made secure at any suitable point to the boiler or engine carriage. Passing vertically through said yoke 2 and cross-bar 23 are two pins or bolts 41 and 42. The object of these bolts is to confine the lateral movements of said draw-bar more or less at this point, if necessary. The object of this draw-bar is to attach a separator or breaking-plows in the rear of the tender.

The operation of the principal features of my invention is as follows: Rods 25 being attached to the front axle of the boiler and engine carriage at their front ends and to the inwardly-extending arms 14: at their rear ends, it is clear that when the axle 26 is shifted in either direction from that as shown the inwardly-extending arms 14 will shift in the opposite direction, so that the shifting of the axle 26 will cause the wheels upon which the tender is mounted to track in the tracks of the hind wheels of the engine and boiler carriage, or approximately so.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a tender for farm-engines of the character described, the combination of a pair of wheels, the tender mounted on the wheels, a pair of vertical hubs, outward extending wheel-supporting spindles and inwardly-extending arms integral to said hubs, hubsup porting braces, a horizontal walking-beam mounted on the rear of said braces, arms pivotally carried by the walking-beam and the inwardly-extending arms, and means communicating between said arms and the front axle of the engine carriage, to cause adjusting movements of the rear Wheels, substantially as described.

2. In a tender for farm-engines of the character described, a pair of wheels, a tender mounted on the wheels, a pair of verticalhubs, brackets secured to the tender and resting on said hubs, inwardly-extending arms integral thereto, outwardly-extending spindles, engaging the hub of the wheel, forwardly-extending reaches engaging the front axle of the engine-carriage, the rear ends thereof engaging the inwardly-extending arms of the vertical hubs, rearwardly-extending rack beams or links pivotally secured to the inwardly-extending vertical hub-arms, a horizontal walking-beam, the rear ends of the rack-bar engaging said beam, substantially as described.

3. In a tender for farm-engines of the character described, a pair of wheels, a tender mounted on the wheels, a pair of vertical hubs, inwardly extending arms integral to said hubs, a pair of reaches, the rear ends pivotally connected to the inwardly extending arms, the front end connected to the front axle of the engine-carriage, a pair of extending arms 29 and 30, a cross-beam, elongated loops integral thereto, a cross-beam engaging said loops, extended brackets 34; and engaging said cross-beam and secured to the platform located between the boiler and the tender, substantially as described.

4:. In a tender of the character described, a pair of wheels, the tender mounted on the wheels, a rectangular supporting-frame between the wheels, a pair of vertical hubs sup ported by said rectangular frame, inwardlyextending arms integral to said hubs, forwardly-extending reaches pivotally secured to said arms at their rear ends, rearwardlyextending rack-arms, the front ends secured to the inwardly-extending hub-arms, their rear ends pivotally secured to a vertical walking-beam, a stationary frame supported by the rectangular frame, a yoke carried by the rear end of said frame, a depending loop 40 secured to the platform, a longitudinal reach supported in said loop at one end and in said yoke at the opposite end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PLES H. SAMPSON. Witnesses:

M. L. LANGE, JAMES F. YEAGER. 

